Horseshoe.



G. H. MAULT.

HORSESHOE. APPLICATION FILED FEB-16. I914.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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GEORGE H. IVIAULT, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SI-IURE GRIP HORSE SHOE & MANUFACTURING CO. INC., OF AMSTERDAM, YORK.

HORSESHOE.

Application filed February 16, 1914.

To all whom it may concern B'e it known that I, GEORGE H. MAULT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to horse shoes, and the object of my invention is to provide a horse shoe with removable calks and a toe piece, with means for attaching the calks and toe piece so that they will be held positively and securely in position, and which may be removed quickly and without taking the shoe from the horses foot; together with such elements and combinations as are hereinafter more particularly set forth and claimed.

I accomplish these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of a modified form of my invention. Fig. 3 is a section partly in elevation. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the toe piece. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the heel calk.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The toe piece, A, is provided with a V- shaped edge, B, along one side and a sharpenedbeveled edge, C, along the other side. The sharpened edge, C, instead of being V- shaped has a sharpened beveled or cutaway portion, a, on one side only so that the edge, C, is a prolongation of one face of the toe piece beveled toward the opposite face, as shown in Figs. 3 and A. At the toe of the shoe, D, is formed a transverse groove, E, and the bottom thereof is a V-shaped edge, F, into which snugly fits the V-shaped edge of the toe piece, A, as shown in Fig. 3. One side of the groove, E, is a reinforcement, G, on the toe of the shoe, D, the other side of the groove is a projection, H, 011 the surface of the shoe, D, and the toe piece is held therein by means of the tapering pins, K, K. As thus arranged, the toe piece is centered in the groove, E, and the V-shaped bottom thereof is held firmly against displacement and yet the toe piece may be removed by pounding on the ends of the pins, K.

The arrangement of the beveled edge, C,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 111., 1916.

Serial No. 818,825.

is such that the vertical portion thereof is toward the toe of the shoe in position for cutting ice and obtaining a hold without slipping. The arrangement of the toe of the shoe, as shown in Fig. 3, so that there is a considerable portion forward of the toe piece, A, is such that the horse is not liable to cut himself by overreaching. He would strike the toe of the shoe against the heel of the forward foot and prevent the toe piece from engaging the foot.

I construct the calk, L, similar to the toe piece in that one edge is provided with a V-shaped portion, M, and the other with abeveled portion, N, the beveled portion extending from the surface of one side downward and toward the surface of the other as shown in Fig. 5.

The heel of the shoe, D, is provided with a groove, 0, into which the V-shaped edge of the calk, L, is inserted, the bottom of the groove, 0, being V-shaped in form to admit of the entrance of the snugly fitting V-shaped portion M, on the calk, as shown in Fig. 3. The calks are held in position by the tapering pins, P. This arrangement of the calks in the grooves is similar to that of the toe piece, each of the V-shapcd edges fitting snugly into one of the V-shaped grooves, and the sides of the calks fitting snugly between the sides of the groove above the V-shaped portion of the calks. The calks are securely and firmly held in position and will not be dislodged by hard usage. My arrangement of both the toe piece and the calks is such that they are centered, as I call it, meaning that they are sustained in such position by the sides of the groove against their sides and the V-shaped portions are so securely held in the V-shaped bottom of the groove, that it is quite impossible for those pieces to be racked out of position in the ordinary use of the shoe.

I place the calks with the beveled edge toward the toe. This assists in making positive connection between the sharpened edge and the ice and removes the possibility of slipping. If the edge of the call: was V- shaped instead of beveled, there is a possibility that the shoe would be brought down on the ice in such a manner that instead of positively engaging the ice with the sharpened edge it might do so with the beveled edge, and the beveled edge would cause slipping.

I have shown in Fig. 2 one of the calks placed at right angles to the other. Of course this is done only when the peculiarity of the horse in the method 01 using his foot makes it desirable.

forced by metal forming the toe of the shoe; and tapering pins extending through said groove and through the toe piece, substantially as described. 7

2. The combination of a shoe With toe piece and calks, each V-shaped along one edge and beveled along the other edge;

7 grooves formed at the toe and heel of the shoe into which said toe piece and calks fit, provided with V-shaped bottoms for the reception of said V-shaped edges of the calks and toe piece respectively; tapering pins passing through the sides of the grooves and through the calks and toe piece respectively. In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE H. MAULT.

\Vitnesses BEULAl-I (Janus. FREDERICK V. CAMERON.

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